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Cost of living
Overall price level relative to the US average (100). Countries use the GDP-basis PPP price level, states BEA's consumption-basis regional price parities — both rebased to US = 100.
Darker = better (lower), by rank · 186 countries · World Bank (price level ratio) · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = better (lower), by rank · 51 states · BEA Regional Price Parities
Countries
186 · World Bank (price level ratio)- 1stNigeria132025
- 2ndEgypt152025
- 3rdAfghanistan202020
- 4thLaos222024
- 5thSierra Leone222023
- 6thBhutan232025
- 7thIndia232025
- 8thBulgaria232025
- 9thPakistan242025
- 10thNepal242025
- 11thGambia252025
- 12thBangladesh252025
- 13thMyanmar262020
- 14thSri Lanka262023
- 15thRwanda272025
- 16thTajikistan282025
- 17thTimor-Leste282025
- 18thTanzania282024
- 19thAzerbaijan282025
- 20thIndonesia292025
- 21stVietnam292024
- 22ndTunisia292024
- 23rdUzbekistan292025
- 24thBelarus302025
- 25thZambia302025
- 26thMauritania312023
- 27thKyrgyzstan312024
- 28thThailand312025
- 29thMadagascar312025
- 30thUkraine312025
- 31stSuriname312025
- 32ndRussia312024
- 33rdGuinea322020
- 34thMalaysia322025
- 35thSudan322022
- 36thSomalia322017
- 37thSyria322022
- 38thAlgeria332025
- 39thEritrea332021
- 40thEswatini332025
- 41stEthiopia332024
- 42ndGeorgia332025
- 43rdGuyana332025
- 44thPhilippines332025
- 45thKazakhstan332025
- 46thCambodia342025
- 47thKenya342025
- 48thTogo342025
- 49thBurundi342025
- 50thMali342025
- 51stCameroon342025
- 52ndGuinea-Bissau342025
- 53rdMongolia342025
- 54thNicaragua342025
- 55thLesotho342025
- 56thBenin342025
- 57thMalawi352023
- 58thRepublic of the Congo352025
- 59thParaguay352025
- 60thBrunei352025
- 61stChad352025
- 62ndUganda352025
- 63rdAngola352025
- 64thNiger362025
- 65thSenegal362025
- 66thIvory Coast372025
- 67thGabon372025
- 68thBurkina Faso372025
- 69thNorth Macedonia372025
- 70thLebanon382024
- 71stBotswana382025
- 72ndColombia382025
- 73rdGhana382025
- 74thArmenia382025
- 75thMozambique382024
- 76thDominican Republic392025
- 77thMauritius392025
- 78thLibya392025
- 79thBolivia402025
- 80thBosnia and Herzegovina402025
- 81stFiji412025
- 82ndNamibia412025
- 83rdEl Salvador412025
- 84thKosovo412025
- 85thEquatorial Guinea412025
- 86thTürkiye412025
- 87thSouth Sudan412021
- 88thSouth Africa412025
- 89thMontenegro422025
- 90thDR Congo422025
- 91stIraq422024
- 92ndMorocco422025
- 93rdCentral African Republic422025
- 94thJordan422025
- 95thEcuador432025
- 96thAlbania432024
- 97thBahrain432025
- 98thMoldova432025
- 99thGuatemala432025
- 100thYemen442013
- 101stRomania442025
- 102ndSerbia452025
- 103rdPanama452025
- 104thHonduras462025
- 105thBrazil462025
- 106thArgentina462025
- 107thDjibouti462025
- 108thSaudi Arabia472025
- 109thOman472025
- 110thChina472025
- 111thChile482025
- 112thCape Verde482025
- 113thDominica482025
- 114thComoros492025
- 115thTrinidad and Tobago512025
- 116thMaldives512025
- 117thSaint Lucia512025
- 118thPeru512025
- 119thHungary522025
- 120thPoland522025
- 121stBelize532025
- 122ndCroatia532025
- 123rdMexico542025
- 124thSeychelles542025
- 125thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines552025
- 126thZimbabwe562025
- 127thSão Tomé and Príncipe562024
- 128thQatar562025
- 129thGrenada572025
- 130thLatvia572025
- 131stKuwait572025
- 132ndSouth Korea572025
- 133rdSlovakia582025
- 134thPapua New Guinea582025
- 135thLithuania582025
- 136thCosta Rica592025
- 137thCzechia592025
- 138thGreece602025
- 139thJamaica602025
- 140thPortugal602025
- 141stSingapore602025
- 142ndSamoa632025
- 143rdSlovenia632025
- 144thUnited Arab Emirates632024
- 145thSpain652025
- 146thCyprus652025
- 147thJapan652025
- 148thKiribati652025
- 149thUruguay662025
- 150thEstonia662025
- 151stMalta662025
- 152ndAndorra682025
- 153rdSaint Kitts and Nevis692025
- 154thItaly692025
- 155thAntigua and Barbuda692025
- 156thSolomon Islands752025
- 157thTonga752025
- 158thSan Marino762023
- 159thFrance772025
- 160thGermany802025
- 161stBelgium812025
- 162ndAustria822025
- 163rdCanada832025
- 164thNetherlands842025
- 165thPalau852025
- 166thIreland852025
- 167thFinland852025
- 168thNew Zealand862025
- 169thHaiti862025
- 170thSweden872025
- 171stUnited Kingdom892025
- 172ndTuvalu892025
- 173rdAustralia902025
- 174thVanuatu912024
- 175thNorway912025
- 176thDenmark922025
- 177thLuxembourg942025
- 178thMarshall Islands952025
- 179thBahamas962024
- 180thMicronesia962025
- 181stUnited States1002025
- 182ndIsrael1012025
- 183rdNauru1032025
- 184thBarbados1102025
- 185thSwitzerland1122025
- 186thIceland1182025
US states
51 · BEA Regional Price Parities- 1stArkansas87
- 2ndMississippi87
- 3rdIowa88
- 4thOklahoma88
- 5thLouisiana88
- 6thSouth Dakota89
- 7thAlabama89
- 8thNorth Dakota89
- 9thWest Virginia89
- 10thKansas90
- 11thNebraska90
- 12thKentucky90
- 13thMissouri91
- 14thTennessee92
- 15thNew Mexico92
- 16thWyoming93
- 17thOhio93
- 18thIndiana93
- 19thSouth Carolina94
- 20thWisconsin94
- 21stNorth Carolina94
- 22ndMontana95
- 23rdIdaho95
- 24thMichigan96
- 25thGeorgia96
- 26thMaine97
- 27thTexas97
- 28thPennsylvania98
- 29thVermont98
- 30thMinnesota99
- 31stUtah99
- 32ndDelaware100
- 33rdIllinois100
- 34thNevada100
- 35thArizona101
- 36thVirginia101
- 37thRhode Island102
- 38thAlaska102
- 39thColorado103
- 40thOregon103
- 41stFlorida103
- 42ndConnecticut104
- 43rdNew Hampshire104
- 44thMaryland105
- 45thMassachusetts106
- 46thWashington107
- 47thNew York108
- 48thNew Jersey109
- 49thDistrict of Columbia110
- 50thHawaii110
- 51stCalifornia111
186 countries ranked and 51 US states.
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More on economy
- Human development indexUNDP composite of health, education and income (0–1).
- GDP per capitaOutput per person, price-adjusted: states via BEA regional price parities, countries via PPP.
- Median income (after tax)Median equivalised household disposable income per person, USD PPP — what the middle household actually has to spend after taxes and transfers.
- PopulationResident population.
- Land areaLand area in square kilometres.
- Income inequalityGini index of income distribution (0 = perfect equality).
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
Nigeria leads on cost of living — see where it lands on every other measure, and which US state it most resembles.
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